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Herrington, Anne J.; Stassen, Martha L. A. – Across the Disciplines, 2016
In fall 2010, the University of Massachusetts Amherst instituted a new upper-division General Education requirement, the Integrative Experience (IE), designed to help students integrate the various components of their undergraduate experience and reflect upon their learning and development as a result of those experiences, both key dimensions of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing Across the Curriculum, General Education, Required Courses
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Odom, Mary Lou – Across the Disciplines, 2013
The writing across the curriculum movement has rightfully gained recognition as a transformative force in how teachers conceive of, use, and assign writing in their classes throughout various disciplines. Drawing on data from the first three years of an ongoing study of faculty "WAC fellows" at a large, comprehensive state university,…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Reading Processes, Reading Assignments, Reading Writing Relationship
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Elder, Cristyn L.; Champine, Karen – Across the Disciplines, 2016
The body of literature on a Writing-to-Learn (WTL) approach in math courses offers up a variety of assignment types from which to choose. However, few of these articles provide empirical evidence on the ways these writing assignments contribute to students' learning. This mixed-methods study, conducted at the University of New Mexico, a…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Mathematics Instruction, Writing Assignments, Evidence